Do not bet on MNREGA to save the poor -
Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar, ToI
It is now 10 years since the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) was enacted with fanfare to save India’s poor. India has just suffered two droughts in a row, so rural works are important to relieve rural distress. But let me repeat my claim in an exchange I had with economist Jean Dreze in 2009. Read Full Article››

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